Physical Sciences and Engineering

Physical Sciences and Engineering

The 12-metre diameter acrylic SNO+ detector is filled with 780 tonnes of liquid scintillator and surrounded by 10,000 photomultiplier light detectors. [Credit: Dr. Alex Wright for the SNO+ Collaboration, 成人大片 Art of Research]
Next chapters on neutrino science

For the first time, SNO+ experiment captures neutrinos produced in nuclear reactors hundreds of kilometres away using pure water.

April 5, 2023
[Photo of Drs. Praveen Jain and Claire Davies]
Top Canadian honours for two field-leading researchers

Claire Davies and Praveen Jain win the Killam Fellowship and Killam Prize, two of Canada鈥檚 most competitive research honours.

March 15, 2023
Photograph of 成人大片 post-doctoral fellow and students underneath the Waaban Crossing bridge.
Monitoring a major new infrastructure project

Queen鈥檚 students and faculty members are using leading-edge technology to help ensure the safety of a new $180 million bridge across the Cataraqui River in Kingston.

February 28, 2023
Photograph of 成人大片 students against a blue background with text behind them reading "Building Community Together"
Keeping watch on the new crossing

Queen鈥檚 students and faculty members are using leading-edge technology to help the City of Kingston monitor the performance of the new bridge across the Cataraqui River.

December 14, 2022
Laptop
Mathematics works in serendipitous ways

A theorem developed by Queen鈥檚 professor Ernst Kani was used to crack an encryption algorithm.

November 22, 2022
[Nicole General, Indigenous STEM Outreach Coordinator with InEng, works with a young student.]
Inspiring the next generation of Indigenous engineers

Queen鈥檚 Indigenous Futures in Engineering program has been awarded $600,000 to expand their K-12 outreach.

June 6, 2022
Water droplet [Unsplash]
Kingston Community Organizations Collaborate for Research on Clean Water Technology

Queen's and St. Lawrence College partner with Purafy Clean Technologies to support a water treatment system focused on water and energy saving potential.

April 20, 2022
Illustration of space and sky
Starting a scintillating search

Over the last decade, SNO+ has taken advantage of a unique piece of research infrastructure and set out on a new mission.

January 17, 2020
Dr. Kerry Rowe in his lab
Engineering solutions: Leachate, liners, landfills, and learning

Queen鈥檚 researcher Kerry Rowe is working with, instead of against, nature to solve a critical environmental problem.

December 4, 2019
Illustration of hands using tools
Dark matter detectives: The hunt for the missing mass of the universe

Three Queen鈥檚 astroparticle physicists are leaders in the international hunt for the missing mass of the universe.

October 30, 2019